Did you know that today is the National Day of Giving, also known as GivingTuesday? This global generosity movement happens each year after Black Friday, and allows non-profits, charities, individuals, and companies to join together and rally for their favourite causes. The goal is to create real change in one’s community.
In celebration of this day, we are announcing the start of our month-long GoFundMe fundraiser campaign. As you may know, Sending Sunshine operates 100% through the work of unpaid volunteers and aims to reduce the negative effects of loneliness among seniors living in Canada by providing them with handwritten cards. We are currently partnered with over 250 care facilities and organizations from coast to coast, and we have received over 77,000 cards since launching in August 2020!
Our main expense is the shipping cost to mail card bundles to our partnered facilities. To date, we have made over 200 shipments. It only costs $22.50 to send a care facility some cheer this holiday season! We have already received interest from 80 facilities to receive holiday cards, and this number keeps increasing. Due to our limited funds, we would appreciate any financial support for the mailing cost of these packages in the future.
We would be extremely grateful if you contributed to our GoFundMe campaign and help us to continue our initiative! 100% of donations that we receive will be used to send cards to senior citizens, and will help us spread sunshine across Canada.
